The Curse of the Wheelie Bin

[Stephen]

Slightly tongue in cheek, but it really bugs me sometimes when potential great locations for photography are littered with those dammed bins.

Visited a so called National Heritage Site today, the famous Saltaire, the Model village and Mill built by Titus Salt.

There had I suspect been some Halloween mischief here but even so they really are a curse on our towns these days.

I suppose us photographers must make the best of it :D

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/551/Wheelie_bins.jpg

[Pol]

Slightly tongue in cheek, but it really bugs me sometimes when potential great locations for photography are littered with those dammed bins.

Visited a so called National Heritage Site today, the famous Saltaire, the Model village and Mill built by Titus Salt.

There had I suspect been some Halloween mischief here but even so they really are a curse on our towns these days.

I suppose us photographers must make the best of it :D



..... but it was probably refuse collection day when you visited, so the residents had left out their wheeelies. :D

It's our collection day today - so the lane is littered with the green ones - brown next week.

Pol

[Goatsmilkuk]

They wheelie made a mess there

[Stephen]

..... but it was probably refuse collection day when you visited, so the residents had left out their wheeelies. :D

It's our collection day today - so the lane is littered with the green ones - brown next week.

Pol

If only that was the case Pol. It seems that the Wheelie Bin is like the plague in Saltaire. The bins do tend to be left in the back alley. It was not collection day, as you can see it was late afternoon and they had not been emptied. The locals themselves are not happy about it, and not only this but as these houses were built before the car age, the streets are lined with owners vehicles, many parked on the pavement to limit restriction on the roads.

I suppose in another 50-100 yrs time the photo could be classed as a piece of social history and we will be amazed at how these grotesque containers polluted our streets and life.

[Pol]

Stephen - there are street names marked on the bins. Are those street names genuine?

Pol

[lumix]

I thought Photoshop CS2 was that good it had a wheelie bin removal plugin. ;)

[Pol]

If only that was the case Pol. It seems that the Wheelie Bin is like the plague in Saltaire. The bins do tend to be left in the back alley. It was not collection day, as you can see it was late afternoon and they had not been emptied. The locals themselves are not happy about it, and not only this but as these houses were built before the car age, the streets are lined with owners vehicles, many parked on the pavement to limit restriction on the roads.

I suppose in another 50-100 yrs time the photo could be classed as a piece of social history and we will be amazed at how these grotesque containers polluted our streets and life.



I reckon wheelies are the plague of society already! We'll be lucky if ours get emptied before late afternoon. Paper collection day is worse - blows everywhere :(

Mind you - soggy, blown about newspaper can be a good subject to photograph. :D

Pol

[Stephen]

Stephen - there are street names marked on the bins. Are those street names genuine?

Pol

Oh indeed they are Pol. Obviously the back streets/alleys belong to 2 different main streets so to speak. The streets are, I believe, all named after Queen Victoria's family members.

Here's one that took my fancy of the corner of Fanny St

[Pol]

Oh indeed they are Pol. Obviously the back streets/alleys belong to 2 different main streets so to speak. The streets are, I believe, all named after Queen Victoria's family members.

Here's one that took my fancy of the corner of Fanny St

Such a nice location, nice views, nice lane, sympathic street lamp, blollard and cobbles - such a shame about the clashing blue 'Fanny St' sign though, not to mention the actual name of the road. Worra bummer, eh. :D

Pol

[Stephen]

Apparently all the street signs were replaced when they made it a World Heritage Site :rolleyes:

Here's another of the lads returning from school. Have managed to eliminate all bins and cars too :)

[Tom]

It's everywhere Stephen and the bins are not the problem.
It's us. Before the bins I always saw the black liners the morning after the foxes had their midnight party. Footbaths pebble dashed with the leftovers of television dinners, nappies and the odd condom (one careful owner).
But you now have a good photograph to send to the relevent County Manager.
Tom

[Pol]

Apparently all the street signs were replaced when they made it a World Heritage Site :rolleyes:

Here's another of the lads returning from school. Have managed to eliminate all bins and cars too :)


Lovely feelings of what reminds me of a bygone age. Yellow lines don't bother me (unless I want to park) but I confess I do wish things would slow down to a more leisurely pace and that this sort of scene was an everyday scene and pace.

Pol

[Ian]

Slightly tongue in cheek, but it really bugs me sometimes when potential great locations for photography are littered with those dammed bins.

Visited a so called National Heritage Site today, the famous Saltaire, the Model village and Mill built by Titus Salt.

There had I suspect been some Halloween mischief here but even so they really are a curse on our towns these days.

I suppose us photographers must make the best of it :D


Great picture Stephen - well caught and ideal for mono.

How did you avoid detection when you were preparing the scene and knocking all the bins over in readyness for the picture? :D :) :rolleyes: :eek:

(just kidding of course! :))

Ian

[spl]

It's everywhere Stephen and the bins are not the problem.
It's us. Before the bins I always saw the black liners the morning after the foxes had their midnight party. Footbaths pebble dashed with the leftovers of television dinners, nappies and the odd condom (one careful owner).
But you now have a good photograph to send to the relevent County Manager.
Tom

Agree with Tom - its us what has all this rubbish and too much packaging on everything what causes the problem and the large bins we have to use is only just the beginning of it.

But I really like your picture - a great subject for b&w
sue

[coupekid]

Slightly tongue in cheek, but it really bugs me sometimes when potential great locations for photography are littered with those dammed bins.

Visited a so called National Heritage Site today, the famous Saltaire, the Model village and Mill built by Titus Salt.

There had I suspect been some Halloween mischief here but even so they really are a curse on our towns these days.

I suppose us photographers must make the best of it :D


Its a sign of the times, and if you hink about it, we may well be returning to a bygone era with collections now being only twice a week. Next time you take a picture, there may be rats in them there streets!